Law Proposed to Ban Circumcision in Massachusetts

BOSTON, MA [CHI] — A bill proposed in the Massachusetts legislature can affectively ban ritual circumcision in the State. The bill calls for banning all male circumcision of anyone under the age of 18, unless medically necessary.

4.what a chutspah wrote:

5.Milhouse wrote:

6.Milhouse wrote:

“what a chutspah”, it’s called freedom of expression, and the right to petition congress for the redress of grievances. The idiot who wants this bill has the right to propose it, and everyone else has the right to ignore it.

7.brains people? wrote:

Oh, No.
Another major news outlet carrying this piece of non-news.
Any nutjob who lives in the state of MA can push a bill. It does NOT mean that it will go anywhere! It has to pass multiple committees, and it would never gather steam. This is totally not newsworthy!

10.omniscent1 wrote:

Actually it is newsworthy. Maybe a few more people will understand there is truly a government process that represents them and use can be used to address true grievances. Maybe if more of us did what this individual accomplished – I will say in this case a ridiculous bill- we could have good governance. After all as Lincoln said: “…government of the people, by the people, for the people…”

11.Jill Sapione RN wrote:

Have the lawmakers in Boston Mass lost their minds all together? With everything that’s going on in the USA today impacting millons of people’s daily life,the lawmakers are wasting time and money on such a ridiculas law. Do we not live in America? Sounds like Boston wants to become a communist state.The choice is for the individuals and the parents.

12.Evan wrote:

The same people who support a woman’s right to choose whether or not to have an abortion which would end the life of their unborn baby think it perfectly ok to tell a mother that she cannot choose whether or not to have a slight cosmetic procedure done that may or may not have a positive heath impact on the child.

Morons. You cannot argue both sides. Either we have the right to choose or not.

14.A.J. H. wrote:

15.John wrote:

I know by law the Senator must file a request by his constituents but this is beyond ridiculous. If I was the Senator with my name on this request or potential bill that represents constituents that think like this and waste government’s time that could be better spent trying to workout it’s fiscal problems,I would look for a new profession.

17.chris wrote:

18.D.Smith wrote:

This has got to be most stupid idea I have ever heard. Are we going to disallow ritual circumcision for the Jewish population? this is ridiculous to the extent that we abbrogate the rights of the parents in deciding that they want their sons circumcised for cleanliness. SHAME ON YOU????